Deputies: Woman caught stealing from Walmart threatens revenge

The Osteen woman said she would come back to the store after she got out of jail, Volusia deputies said.

PATRICIO G. BALONASTAFF WRITER

A woman accused of stealing at a Deltona Walmart threatened to return wearing a ski mask and retaliate against store personnel, deputies said.

That was after Virginia Rose Jones, 27, of Chicken Farm Road in Osteen punched a loss prevention officer in the face, kicked him in the groin and took off running, Volusia County sheriff's deputies said.

Jones also gave the investigating deputy her sister's name when she was caught, an arrest affidavit states. Jones was charged with robbery without a firearm, resisting an officer without violence and petty theft.

Investigators said Jones walked into the Walmart at 101 Howland Blvd. at 8:52 p.m. Friday and took the merchandise.

The loss prevention officer said Jones selected two pairs of men's sweat pants. She put on one pair of the pants and stuffed the other pair and a pair of sandals into the pants she was wearing.

Jones then went through the self-checkout area, bought a pack of M&M's and a pair of sandals but did not pay for the sweat pants and the second pair of sandals, the report states.

A loss prevention officer stopped Jones but she pushed him and swung at him with a closed fist, then kicked him in the groin and took off running south on State Road 415, deputies said. Jones ran from a deputy who located her but she slipped and fell and was handcuffed, the report states. Jones identified herself as her sister.

But after Jones was arrested and placed in a patrol car, another Walmart employee recognized her and told deputies the suspect was Virginia Jones, the report states.

A computer check confirmed deputies had nabbed Virginia Rose Jones. Jones then said that when she got out of jail, she would come back to the Walmart dressed in black and wearing a ski mask to retaliate, investigators wrote in the report.

Jones remained in the Volusia County Branch Jail on Monday night with bail set at $8,500, a booking officer said.